Trivia

Began her career as a journalist. She was hired in 1927 by Fox as secretary to the executive Winfield Sheehan. Roberts later worked for Paramount and MGM as a screenwriter and became a prominent member of the Screen Writers Guild.

According to the November, 1999 issue of "Written By", the WGA Newsletter, Marguerite (Maggie) Roberts was blacklisted in 1952 for refusing to name names in her testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

The article also states that she preferred writing roles for tough men, she started out as a secretary at Fox where she sold her first script in 1931 and by 1939, was a $2,500-a-week contract writer at MGM.